CAPITAL Gain thrust himself to become one of Queensland’s best two-year-olds when he impressively won the $600,000 group 1 J J Atkins Stakes at Doomben last month.
The juvenile gelding provided the young Eagle Farm conditioner Paul Butterworth with not only with his first stakes winner, but also his first group 1 winner.
Not only are connections happy, but also Dungog stud master Jock Mackay who stands Capital Gain’s sire Ad Valorem at his property Cangon Stud Farm.
In more good news, Ad Valorem sired a winning double at Cowra last Saturday – three-year-old filly Valorhesse, and two-year-old gelding Coasting, defeating older horses.
Ad Valorem sired a winning double at Cowra last Saturday - three-year-old filly Valorhesse, and two-year-old gelding Coasting.
On the same day in Queensland the US-bred sire had another juvenile winner when filly Charlie Rocket also beat older horses when winning by five lengths at Clermont.
His best juvenile is Capital Gain the first group 1 winner for Ad Valorem in Australia, and who has earned $452,300 from his busy first racing season of eight starts for two wins and three placings.
Another Ad Valorem product to show juvenile brilliance is Morton’s Fork, who began his career with a Randwick win at Sydney’s early first official juvenile barrier trials.
He went on to win four races, three in Sydney, and then took the high profile group 2 Sandown Guineas in Melbourne.
Capital Gain and Morton’s Fork are among 260 winners of over 800 wins sired by Ad Valorem, 14 of them stakes winners.
His other stakes winners include Pied A Terre (four wins including MRC Autumn Stakes-G2), Uate and Taxmeifyoucan.
Ad Valorem himself was a juvenile group 1 winner when winning the prestigious Middle Park Stakes in England. The bay horse advanced to his four-year-old season to take another well-known group 1 highlight the Queen Anne Stakes during Royal Ascot’s world-known June racing carnival.
Carrying a pedigree cross of world shaping sires Hail To Reason, Nearco, and his grandson Northern Dancer, Ad Valorem is by another influential sire Danzig, also sire of deceased iconic horse Danehill.
Group 2 winning mare Two Blue is the best galloper sired by Dubleo, a stable companion to Ad Valorem at Cangon.
Dubleo is also a US-bred sire by Southern Halo, the same sire as champion sire More Than Ready.
His daughter, Two Blue has won eight races including the ATC Sapphire Stakes-G2, and had six stakes placings for earnings of almost $700,000.
Sire of six stakes horses, stakes winner Silversands is another flag-bearer for Dubleo.
Second equine seminar in the south
SOUTHERN districts will host its second successive pre-stud season equine seminar, which is scheduled for Thursday, July 27 in Wagga Wagga.
Jointly conducted by Thoroughbred Breeders NSW and the local Charles Sturt University, and conducted at the Commercial Club, the seminar boasts a range of guest speakers, as well as a question time. Topics include nutrition, problem mares, travelling mares and foals, and responsible use of antibiotics on farms.
Strong sires at Bombora Downs
ONCE a busy breeding region of Victoria with numerous stallions standing, the Mornington Peninsula is now home to only a few.
One of them is Bombora Downs, managed by long time and well respected industry participant Christoph Bruechert, who makes available three highly credentialed stallions.
Great Britain-bred Dandino, New Zealand-bred Warhorse, and grey sire Jungle Ruler, the latter being a rare son at stud by Danehill’s outstanding, now-deceased, sire son Lion Hunter.
Produced from a winning Zeditave mare, Jungle Ruler won a remarkable 20 races, 11 of them in Melbourne, had 24 placings and earned $848,776.
Warhorse became a champion two-year-old racehorse in New Zealand, and is a rare stud son by General Nediym, a near $50 million stud success who sired 48 stakes winners.
Dandino is by Dansili, who became the best northern hemisphere bred sire son of Danehill.
A group 2 winner in England, Dandino then raced in Australia importantly winning the VRC Queen’s Cup-G3, before finishing a eye catching second in the $3 million Caulfield Cup-G1.
Upcoming cup meetings
WITH Grafton winter races over there are a plethora of upcoming feature cup meetings scheduled around the state.
The winner of the $25,000 Sawtell Cup to be run at Coffs Harbour this Sunday will be exempt from the Coffs Harbour Showcase Cup on Thursday, August 3, the coastal town’s major annual meet.
The Casino Cup is scheduled for August 12, along with far-western annual bush meet at Louth, followed by the feature $45,000 Narromine Cup the next day.
The Narrandera Cup meeting will be held on August 19, while over to the Mid North Coast the Taree Cup Showcase and the South Coast Club Cup at Moruya are scheduled for the following day.
This is followed by the Murwillumbah Cup in the far north-east on August 25, then the Cobar Miners’ Race Club Picnic Cup and the Camden Haven Cup at Port Macquarie on August 26.
